Kerala in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative caseload to 64,49,026, said the health department on Thursday. Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest number of cases at 1,696 cases, followed by Thiruvananthapuram (1,087) and Kollam (812).
Of the new cases, 87 were health workers, 24 from outside the state and 7,884 infected through contact with the source of it not being clear in 660.
The southern state saw the fresh infections dropping below the 10,000-mark after days of recording marginal surges. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Kerala had recorded 11,776 and 12,223 fresh cases, respectively.
In addition to this, Kerala on Thursday also reported 319 deaths, which raised the total fatalities in the state to 63,338. Of the deaths, 18 were reported in the last 24 hours, 108 were those which occurred in the last few days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents and 193 were designated as Covid-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, said the health department.